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Auditions

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Upcoming Auditions

by Agatha Christie
Audition dates: March 25 + 26, 2024 @ 6:30PM
Show Dates: May 10 – 26, 2024

Director:

Linda Sturdivant

Synopsis:

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.

Auditions will be an open call and will consist of cold readings from the script.

Casting: 3 Women + 8 Men

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Characters:

ROGERS

Male, 35-55
The dignified butler. Rogers continues to be a proper servant even after his wife is found dead and the bodies begin piling up.

MRS. ROGERS

Female, 30-50
Rogers’s wife. Ethel is a frail woman, she is frantic and anxious.

FRED NARRACOTT

Male, 30-50
Caretaker of the island. Dry sense of humor

VERA CLAYTHORNE

Female, 20-30
A former governess who serves as a secretary to Mrs. Owen. Vera is intelligent and capable, but she also suffers from attacks of hysteria, feels guilty about her crime, and reacts nervously to the uncanny events on the island.

PHILIP LOMBARD

Male, 30-45
A mysterious, confident, and resourceful man who seems to have been a mercenary soldier in Africa. Lombard is far bolder and more cunning than most of the other characters, traits that allow him to survive.

ANTHONY MARSTON

Male, 20-30
A rich, athletic, handsome youth. Tony Marston likes to drive recklessly and seems to lack a conscience.

WILLIAM BLORE

Male, 40-60
A former police inspector. Blore is a well-built man whose experience often inspires others to look to him for advice. He acts boldly and frequently takes initiative, but he also makes frequent blunders. He constantly suspects the wrong person, and his boldness often verges on foolhardiness.

GENERAL MACKENZIE

Male, 50-70
The oldest guest. Once the first murders takes place, Mackenzie, already guilt-ridden about his crime, becomes resigned to his death and sits by the sea waiting for it to come to him.

EMILY BRENT

Female, 35-50
A ruthlessly religious woman who reads her Bible every day. Unlike the other characters, Emily Brent feels convinced of her own righteousness.

SIR LAWRENCE WARGRAVE

Male, 45-65
Wargrave is a highly intelligent man with a commanding personality. Wargrave’s experience and air of authority make him a natural leader for the group. A strong sense of justice.

DR. ARMSTRONG

Male, 30-50
A gullible, slightly timid doctor. Armstrong often draws the suspicion of the other guests because of his medical knowledge. He is a recovering alcoholic, and while professionally successful, has a weak personality, making him the perfect tool for the murderer. He has spent his whole life pursuing respectability and public success and is unable to see beneath people’s exteriors.

by Richard Rodgers + Oscar Hammerstein
Audition dates: April 15 + 16, 2024 @ 6:30PM
Show Dates: July 19 – August 4, 2024

Director:

Linda Sturdivant

Music Director:

Patrick Martin

Choreographer:

Mariel Roy

Synopsis:

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination, and the promise of a new land.

Casting: 3 Women, 6 Men, Large Ensemble of Men, Women + Children

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Characters:

CURLY MCLAIN

Baritone C3-F#4
A strong-headed cowman adored by many women in the town. Although he is in love with Laurey, he will not admit it.

LAUREY WILLIAMS

Soprano C4-A5
A young woman who lives with her aunt on a farm. Although she is in love with Curly, she will not admit her feelings.

ADO ANNIE

Mezzo-Sop C4-A5
The boy-crazy daughter of a farmer.

WILL PARKER

Tenor D#3-F4
A shy cowman who wishes to marry Ado Annie, despite her father’s disapproval.

AUNT ELLER

Mezzo-Sop G3-F5
A mother figure to everyone in the town. She is Laurey’s aunt and caretaker.

JUD FRY

Baritone D3-C#4
The hired hand for Aunt Eller and Laurey. He is not well-liked by others and has strong feelings for Laurey.

ALI HAKIM

Baritone F3-D5
A mysterious traveling salesman from Persia.

Supporting Roles:

GERTIE CUMMINGS

A young woman who jumps on the opportunity to have Curly take her to the Box Social, Gertie has an annoying, distinctive laugh

ANDREW CARNES

Ado Annie’s father and the local judge, he hunts rabbits and usually has his shotgun at the ready

CORD ELAM

One of the men in town, a federal marshal.

IKE SKIDMORE

A local man who helps get a crowd of folks from Bushyhead to his ranch for the Box Social.

FRED

Another man in town, one of Curly’s friends.

SLIM

A friend of Will Parker’s.

VIVIAN

A young woman who occasionally tells fortunes.

OTHER CHARACTERS

ELLEN, KATE, SYLVIE, ARMINA, AGGIE, JESS CHALMERS, MIKE, JOE, SAM VIRGINIA